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2021-07-30 10:59
Basij is a sincere force: IRGC chief
TEHRAN – In an intimate meeting with the commanders and Basiji forces of the Kermanshah resistance bases on Tuesday, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami said the Basij is a powerful and endless force.
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2021-06-28 21:03
Zarif commemorates victims of Sardasht chemical bombardment
TEHRAN — In a message on Monday morning, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif commemorated the 34th anniversary of the horrendous chemical weapons attack by Saddam Hussein’s regime on the Iranian city of Sardasht.
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2021-03-12 21:35
Registration plate for Sacred Defense elements unveiled in Tehran
TEHRAN – A registration plate for 25 elements involving Iran-Iraq 1980-1988 war, which is called Sacred Defense in the Islamic Republic, was unveiled in a Tehran ceremony on Wednesday.
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2021-03-09 22:34
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Angels of Sacred Defense
Leader lauds women’s sacrifice during eight-year war
TEHRAN – Iranian women played a remarkable role in the eight-year war against Iraq in the 1980s, known as the Sacred Defense. Undoubtedly, women martyrs, disabled, and prisoners of war - whose number is estimated at 17,000- are at the peak of national honor.
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2021-03-09 19:41
31 plays on Iran-Iraq war published
TEHRAN – The Foundation for Preservation of Sacred Defense Works and Values has published a collection of 31 plays on the theme of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is called the Sacred Defense in Iran.
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2020-12-14 19:21
Books on oral history of Iran-Iraq war published
TEHRAN – A collection of 80 books containing personal experiences of Iranian veterans during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war has recently been published.
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2020-11-10 18:55
Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards receives about 1900 submissions
TEHRAN – The organizers of the 13th edition of the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards, Iran’s most lucrative literary prize, announced on Tuesday that so far it has received 1879 titles of books.
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2020-10-26 19:18
War literature under spotlight at Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards
TEHRAN – The organizers of the 13th edition of the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards, Iran’s most lucrative literary prize, announced on Monday that books written on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is known as the Sacred Defense in Iran, will be reviewed this year to honor top works of the past four decades.
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2020-10-13 18:46
Resistance filmfest to honor best adaptations of Sacred Defense books
TEHRAN – The 16th Resistance International Film Festival announced on Tuesday that the best screen and TV adaptions of books on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is known as Sacred Defense in Iran, will be honored in a new special section this year.
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2020-09-27 21:15
No doubt tourism development will promote culture of tolerance: minister
TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan has said that the development of tourism will lay the ground for promoting the culture of tolerance both on national and international levels.
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2020-09-26 13:03
Photo: Bahman Vakhshour
Military Command Graduation Ceremony
The opening ceremony of the eighth Ph.D. course in Joint and Combined Operations Command and the 31st Master of Defense Management course at Dafous AJA was held on Saturday morning, September 26, at Dafous College in the presence of Deputy Commander of the Army Brigadier-General Mohammad-Hossein Dadras and a group of commanders.
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2020-09-25 21:10
Eight museums, featuring Sacred Defense scenes, relics inaugurated
TEHRAN – A total of eight museums dedicated to the Sacred Defense (the 1980-1988 Iraqi imposed war) were inaugurated across the country during a ceremony through a video conference on Wednesday.
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2020-09-22 21:30
Sacred Defense properties eligible for cultural heritage status
TEHRAN – Some 25 immovable properties related to the 1980-1988 Iraqi imposed war, known as the Sacred Defense, have been identified to be eligible for designation as national cultural heritage.
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2020-09-22 11:42
Rouhani: Nation’s growing wisdom ‘fruit of Sacred Defense’
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the growing wisdom of the Iranian nation against the enemies is a result of their victory in the Sacred Defense as well as forty years of resistance against the enemies’ plots.
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2020-09-21 21:04
Ayatollah Khamenei dispels misperceptions about Sacred Defense
TEHRAN – During a speech on the occasion of the beginning of the Sacred Defense on Monday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei addressed a variety of issues concerning the eight-year war the former Iraqi regime imposed on Iran.
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2020-09-21 18:24
Photo exhibit “For Khorramshahr” opens at Iranian Artists Forum
TEHRAN – A group photo exhibition named “For Khorramshahr” is currently underway at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran.
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2020-09-21 18:12
IRGC chief says U.S. is rotten from within
TEHRAN — The chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has said that the United States is rotten from within and isolated from without.
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2020-09-21 18:10
We won’t let Sacred Defense get distorted, says military chief
TEHRAN — Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri has said the Islamic Republic is determined to preserve the history of the Sacred Defense (Iran-Iraq war) and defend it against any misrepresentation and distortion.
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2020-09-21 18:07
Iran honors over one million war veterans
TEHRAN — Iran on Monday held a ceremony to honor more than one million war veterans during the eight years of the Sacred Defense.
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2020-09-21 11:29
Iran clinched luminous victory in Iraq’s imposed war: Leader
TEHRAN — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the victory of the Islamic Republic in Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran in the 1980s is as bright as the sun.
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2020-09-14 19:00
Abadan Museum Garden to be inaugurated in Sacred Defense Week
TEHRAN – A museum dedicated to the Sacred Defense (the 1980-1988 Iran–Iraq war) will be inaugurated in the southwestern city of Abadan on September 23 on the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week (starting September 21).
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2020-09-13 20:30
Tehran to host online meeting on tourism capacities of Islamic revolution, Sacred Defense
TEHRAN – An online meeting on the tourism capacities of the Islamic revolution and the Iran–Iraq war, known as the Sacred Defense, will be held in Tehran on Thursday on the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week.
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2020-09-12 19:14
Resistance festival announces lineup for “Festival of Festivals”
TEHRAN – A lineup of 12 films has been selected to go on screen in the Festival of Festivals section of the 16th Resistance International Film Festival, the organizers have announced.
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2020-07-19 18:40
Books on Iran-Iraq war published in English
TEHRAN – Four books on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is known as Sacred Defense in Iran, have been published in English.
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2020-06-20 00:01
Martyrs Bakeri’s paternal house added to national heritage list
TEHRAN – The paternal house of the famed Iranian martyrs Mehdi, and Hamid Bakeri, has recently been inscribed on the National Heritage list.
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2020-06-02 02:18
More Sacred Defense museums to be inaugurated
TEHRAN – Eleven museums dedicated to the Iran-Iraq 1980-1988 war, which is called Sacred Defense in the Islamic Republic, will be inaugurated by the end of the current Iranian calendar year 1399 (March 20, 2021), IRNA reported.
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2020-02-01 18:31
Culture ministry to unveil plays on war heroes Monday
TEHRAN – The General Office for Dramatic Arts at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance is scheduled to unveil a collection of plays on Iranian veterans martyred during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war on Monday.
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2019-11-23 18:30
Tehran Symphony Orchestra to observe Sacred Defense
TEHRAN – The Tehran Symphony Orchestra will observe the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war by performing a piece composed by Loris Tjeknavorian for the event that is called the Sacred Defense in Iran.
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2019-11-08 18:31
Liberation of Khorramshahr Theater Festival opens in Arvand Free Zone
TEHRAN – The 22nd edition of the Liberation of Khorramshahr Theater Festival opened in the Arvand Free Zone in southwest Iran on Wednesday.
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2019-10-05 17:22
Leader says Sacred Defense must not be forgotten
TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the sacrifices made during the Sacred Defense against the invading army of Saddam Hussein in the 1980s must not be forgotten or denied.
